http://www.scandekalb.com ScanDeKalb en-us hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:42:24 -0400 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=980 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=980 Traffic fatalities are down one-third in DeKalb County so far this year, and officials credit stepped-up enforcement for the decline.<br><br>The county posted a 33 percent reduction in fatalities during the first seven months of 2008, DeKalb police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said.<br><br>Parish said the county recorded 30 traffic deaths through June 30, compared with 45 during the same period in 2007.<br><br>... Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:42:22 -0400 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=979 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=979 The DeKalb County Medical Examiner\'s office is trying to identify a body pulled Tuesday night from Ward Lake, officials said.<br><br>DeKalb Fire fighters were called just before 8 p.m. to the lake near the border of DeKalb and Clayton counties.<br><br>\"A passer-by was driving past the lake, and saw something floating,\" fire department spokesman Capt. Eric Jackson said.<br><br>... Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:06:06 -0400 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=978 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=978 DeKalb County police Tuesday were investigating an early-morning shooting that left a man dead.<br><br>Officers responding to a 3:15 a.m. call about shots being fired at the Oak Forest Apartments on Hatton Drive found the unidentified victim lying in the breezeway of Building 316, DeKalb police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said.<br><br>Parish said detectives determined that the man was shot multiple times outside an adjacent building, then ran to the breezeway and collapsed.<br><br>... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:25:23 -0400 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=977 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=977 On the heels of last week\'s murder indictment of a former police officer who shot and killed a fleeing suspect, DeKalb County prosecutors are also taking a new look at other shootings by officers, including the 2003 slaying of a suspect on his mother\'s front steps.<br><br>Loretta Luke said Monday that agents of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation recently staged a nighttime re-enactment of the shooting of her son, Stanley Bates, by then-officer Alexander Brown at her home off Candler Road south ... Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:15:25 -0400 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=976 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=976 A four-county chase Thursday night ended with two damaged Georgia State Patrol cars and two teens arrested, authorities said.<br><br>Newton County police began the chase in response to an armed robbery report, around 7:30 p.m.<br><br>State troopers joined the chase on Interstate 20 as a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old led authorities through Rockdale and DeKalb counties into Atlanta.<br><br>... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:29:41 -0400 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=975 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=975 A DeKalb County grand jury Thursday indicted former DeKalb police officer Torrey Thompson on charges of felony murder in the 2006 shooting death of an unarmed suspect.<br><br>Police originally said the suspect, Lorenzo Matthews, made a threatening gesture in dim light. But a special grand jury faulted officer Torrey Thompson for his handling of a foot pursuit of Matthews and recommended criminal investigation by the district attorney.<br><br>Thompson is expected to turn himself into authorities... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:41:07 -0400 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=974 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=974 A DeKalb police dog underwent a second surgery Thursday morning but was expected to recover from a shooting by an armed robbery suspect.<br><br>The dog, named Twan, was shot Wednesday afternoon, said police spokeswoman Mekka Parish.<br><br>Two suspects had robbed the clerk and several customers at a gas station on Moreland Avenue at I-285 about 2 p.m. Wednesday, Parish said. The suspects fled into a wood line. Officers and the police dog were investigating in that area when someone opened fire.<br><br>... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:41:04 -0400 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=973 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=973 Six Dekalb County firefighters were being treated for minor injuries Thursday morning as their colleagues continued to battle a massive house fire in south DeKalb.<br><br>No one was home when the fire at the two-story brick home on Sandy Lake Drive broke out about 8 a.m.<br><br>A relative arriving for a meeting at the home spotted flames and called 911, and about 50 firefighters responded to the scene.<br><br>... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:28:53 -0400 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=972 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=972 The Doraville MARTA station was closed briefly Thursday morning while officials investigated a suspicious package, a spokeswoman for the transit authority said.<br><br>Cara Hodgson said the all-clear was sounded and the station reopened about 9:45 a.m.<br><br>She said MARTA police were still investigating the contents of the package.<br><br>... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:50:41 -0400 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=971 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=971 DeKalb County police are questioning witnesses to a shooting early Tuesday that left an 18-year-old dead.<br><br>Witnesses reported hearing an argument, then gunfire about 6 a.m. at the Spanish Trace East Apartments, where police later found the victim dead in his unit, police spokesman Officer Marcus Hodge said.<br><br>The teen apparently went there after being shot in the upper body by an an unknown assailant elsewhere in the complex on Panthersville Road in south DeKalb, Hodge said.<br><br>... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:50:36 -0400 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=970 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=970 DeKalb County on Monday released the name of the 14-year-old boy who died early Sunday morning when a car driven by a 14-year-old girl wrecked.<br><br>Mikah Blalock died in the wreck that occurred about 1:30 a.m. Sunday along eastbound River Road near Waldrop Road.<br><br>Blalock sitting in the front passenger seat of the Cadillac DeVille driven by 14-year-old girl when the car crashed into a telephone pole, police said.<br><br>... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:20:28 -0400 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=969 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=969 A truck carrying 43,000 pounds of beer caught fire late Monday morning after overturning on eastbound Interstate 20, according to Department of Transportation officials.<br><br>The fire was extinguished and no injuries have been reported, officials said.<br><br>Two of the four center lanes are blocked at the accident site just east of Panola Road, but all lanes set to be cleared by 2:05 p.m.<br><br>... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:20:03 -0400 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=968 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=968 City residents are encouraged to attend a Neighborhood Watch meeting tonight in Avondale Estates.<br><br>The Avondale Estates police department will lead the meeting to discuss crime prevention and tips. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall, 21 N. Avondale Plaza.<br><br>... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:22:35 -0400 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=967 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=967 DeKalb County police said a 14-year-old was driving a car that wrecked early Sunday morning, killing another teenager in the car and leaving the driver and three other youths injured.<br><br>The accident happened along eastbound River Road near Waldrop Road about 1:30 a.m. when the young driver lost control of the vehicle, which left the road and struck a utility pole, said Mekka Parish, a DeKalb police spokesman.<br><br>A 14-year-old passenger was killed crash. The other injured were taken local... Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:10:26 -0400 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=966 http://www.scandekalb.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=966 Chelsea McElhenny thought her kidnapping was a joke — until the men stuffed her in a car and took her to an abandoned house.<br><br>Then she went into survival mode, staying cool while fending off a sexual assault and ransom attempts after the four men abducted her July 2 from an East Atlanta village parking lot.<br><br>McElhenny, 26, of McDonough is safe and out of harm\'s way, and she said Atlanta police have arrested the four suspects after detectives traced McElhenny\'s stolen cell phone.<br><br>...